9.) Note to Class #1

As a side comment to my last entry, I'd like to note that it actually would be possible, at least technically, to go back to building wooden ICs of uniform design and construction. How? By digitizing the original S&S designs and then using this information to program a C&C machine to cut all of the wooden components of the boat uniformly.  The pieces could either then be assembled by a builder or delivered as a kit to people who want to take on the job of doing it themselves (much the way people now assemble kayak kits from Chesapeake Light Craft and others.)  I have no idea, though, whether this could be done for even less than twice the cost of a new fiberglass IC, which would run about $8,500.